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Kainon

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  1. 5160 from coil springs and the like is always a good choice, and as long as you are using the tools for hot work only you wont need to harden them. When your punching hit once and take the punch out each time so you can see how your hole is shaping up and allow the heat to wick back into your piece, It will also keep the punch from getting too hot and deforming.
  2. One and a half inch diameter by four inches long will produce a 2 and a half pound hammer or so. But you would also need all the tools to make the hammer and a striker (if your doing it by hand). It would be very worth your while to consider taking a class from Brian, you could learn how to make and maintain your own tools and learn so much more about forging in general.
  3. Mild steel is fine for standard tongs (such as the ones in the video) however some types of tongs, like Brian's hammer tongs require spring steel. The reason is because they are built to be lightweight and thin but structurally strong, when you are holding a hammer with tongs you dont want any unnecessary weight added to the load. Spring steel does a much better job at resisting bending and thus you can afford to make a lighter, springier pair of tongs with it but for "regular" tongs mild steel is likely preferable. Also you dont want to cool spring steel tongs in water as you can crack them.
  4. Early tomorrow morning I will be leaving for Houston to begin this amazing adventure! Since the very beginning of convincing my parents to let me build a forge in the back yard just over a year and a half ago I have lived and breathed blacksmithing, It seems it is all I think about anymore. In the small amount of time I've been smithing I have met so many great people and have received extraordinary generosity from the blacksmithing community, without the help I've received I wouldn't be where I am now. Thanks so much to everyone who has given support, it's amazing to have such an opportunity!
  5. those are extremely nice, rather flawless in fact!
  6. Nice tutorial, I enjoy seeing these kinds of posts.
  7. Cool stuff I will have to try a few out soon!
  8. I am finally about ready to take the plunge and forge my first hammer and this is extremely helpful for me to gather my thoughts. There are some really nice looking pictures in there too!
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